Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act
ec.europa.eu

... Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design. This includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its highly personalised recommender system.
Risk assessment

The Commission's investigation preliminarily indicates that TikTok did not adequately assess how these addictive features could harm the physical and mental wellbeing of its users, including minors and vulnerable adults.

For example, by constantly rewarding' users with new content, certain design features of TikTok fuel the urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain of users into autopilot mode'. Scientific research shows that this may lead to compulsive behaviour and reduce users' self-control. ...

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com

... In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release. ...

Five years ago, Facebook shut down the facial recognition system for tagging people in photos on its social network, saying it wanted to find "the right balance" for a technology that raises privacy and legal concerns.

Now it wants to bring facial recognition back.

Meta, Facebook's parent company, plans to add the feature to its smart glasses, which it makes with the owner of Ray-Ban and Oakley, as soon as this year, according to four people involved with the plans who were not authorized to speak publicly about confidential discussions. The feature, internally called "Name Tag," would let wearers of smart glasses identify people and get information about them via Meta's artificial intelligence assistant. ...